The Promised Seed

Описание: In this in-depth sermon on Genesis 3:15—known as the Proto-Evangelium (the "first gospel")—Blake Schuttemeier explores God's promise of enmity between the serpent and the woman, and their respective seeds, foretelling a redeemer who would crush the serpent's head while being bruised on the heel. He addresses key questions: Who is the seed of the woman? (Traced to Jesus.) Who is the seed of the serpent? How does this prophecy unfold progressively through Scripture? And was it fulfilled?
Key points covered:

Breakdown of Genesis 3:15: Establishes a perpetual, two-sided war with unequal damage—a fatal head crush to the serpent (Satan) vs. a heel bruise to the woman's seed—drawing from Hebrew (Masoretic Text) emphasizing violent resolution and Greek (Septuagint) highlighting ongoing vigilance.
Connections to New Testament fulfillment: Links to Romans 16:20 (God crushing Satan), Revelation 12 (dragon pursuing the woman and child but failing), and Revelation 20 (Satan bound and cast into the lake of fire).
Tracing the seed of the woman: Detailed genealogical progression from Adam to Noah (Genesis 5), Noah to Shem (post-flood preservation), Shem to Abraham (Genesis 11), Abraham to Isaac (not Ishmael), Jacob/Israel to Judah (not other tribes), Judah to David via Perez, Hezron, Ram, etc. (1 Chronicles 2:1-15).
Emphasis on covenant line: Scripture funnels redemptive history through specific heirs (e.g., bypassing Cain, Ham, Japheth, Esau, Canaanites), with commands for separation (Deuteronomy 7:1-4) and focus on Semitic descendants leading to Israel.
Prophetic echoes: Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23:5, Zechariah 3:8 describe the redeemer as a "branch" from Jesse/David's line, allowing non-Solomonic paths.
Jesus as fulfillment: Reconciles Matthew 1 (Joseph's legal/royal line through cursed Jeconiah/Solomon) and Luke 3 (possibly Mary's physical line through Nathan, avoiding the curse in Jeremiah 22:30), affirming virgin birth and Jesus as the ultimate seed who ends the war.
Not fully covered in this session: Future studies will delve deeper into prophets and Jesus' fulfillment.